There is still a very strong 'have savings? you're going to be f**ked.' meme in the groups I interact with. "have savings? no unemployment benefit for you!", "have savin… (View Post)

My little bit of the public sector has brought in professional management and consultants from the private sector. Our once (I flatter myself) fairly cutting-edge outfit now spends it's time in … (View Post)

I've been vaguely watching the (I assume) Russian trolls over the past few years. It's been interesting watching their MO. Often appear as a regular person in a small-but-influential group.… (View Post)

For a $work_thing, I've been testing out how well LLM/AI's fare when presented with out-of-context-yet-critical information when given a decision to make. And broadly, it's not good. T… (View Post)

I used to have a friend who worked in an 'adult entertainment' shop. They were always amazed that when re-stocking Ben Dover DVD's (yes) it would be Mister Dover who answered the phone… (View Post)